Resources for Parents from Association Members

Thinking Skills: How Parents Can Help

Parents can encourage their children to be active thinkers both in and out of school.

Motivation for Learning: Parents Can Help

A checklist of parental behaviors that can motivate children to take responsibility for their own learning.

Teach Your Child Science Skills

Doing laundry can be more than just a chore. It can also be a time when you teach your child science skills.

Halloween Safety Reminders

Here is advice from Association members to keep our kids safe on Halloween plus "cool" halloween resources.

Discipline that Works

Changing behavior requires time and well-thought-out reactions. Parents can learn positive steps toward better discipline.

Translate Your Kid's Cyberlanguage

Do you know what PAW means? How about LUWAMH? It's hard to keep an eye on your kids online when you don't speak the same language. Here are a few tips.

Parents: Do your homework before a parent/teacher conference

As a parent, you're concerned about your child's progress in school. Does your daughter get along well with her peers and teachers? Is your son struggling with math? What exactly do grades measure? One way to find out is a conference with your child's teacher.

Helping your child is as easy as ABC

The ABCs of a happy, successful school experience.

Ten things teachers wish parents would do

How to get the best education for your child

Grading Teachers Fairly

To judge whether a teacher is good, bad, or in between, you don't need to be an expert on education. Dr. Dorothy Rich provides clues on how to look at and grade her work when visiting her classroom.

The Great Homework Divide

A solutions guide for parents of middle school students who are facing the challenging demands of homework.

National Summer Learning Day, July 13

Tips for parents to help kids retain knowledge and academic skills throughout the summer.

Parent Guides

Practical Information that Parents Can Put to Use to Help Their Children Achieve in School.

Cool Web sites for parents and kids

Checkout these sites to help help your kid get the most out of school

Reading Tips for Spanish-Speaking Parents

NEA provides great resources for Spanish-speaking parents

The question of TV viewing and children

Have you asked yourself: What can I do to keep TV from having a harmful effect on my kids? Then try some of these tips from teachers in the Kansas National Education Association.

Helping Children Cope With Tragedy

When terrible events happen children can be confused or frightened -- they look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. Parents and schools can help children cope first and foremost by establishing a sense of safety and security.

Teens and Discipline

For many parents, dealing with a teenager is perplexing.Here's help with some of the common concerns - particularly how parents can help make the school years more productive.

Keep learning alive -- Summer Solutions

When classes end for the summer, your middle grader's mind doesn't have to go on vacation. Here are activities to consider that can be fun for the entire family!

Make Sure Your Child is Reading All Summer Long

While kids need some time to relax over the summer, they can't stop reading. Kids who don't read through the summer may slip far back in their learning by fall.

Local learning adventures can prevent summer boredom

To make learning an adventure, consider taking children to museums, the library, the zoo and more. They are familiar places, but when you take children there to learn, they'll see their community in a whole new light!

The facts about shyness

In middle school, even popular and confident kids feel shy at one time or another. But if students are afraid to ask questions, grades may suffer. And shy middle graders are often too embarrassed to meet new friends. Share these facts to help your child understand and cope with shy moments.

Your School Team

Working together to provide your child a quality education -- behind the scenes it takes a lot of good people to make a good school.

Health, Safety and Learning

Tips to keep your child healthy, safe and ready to learn.

Reading tips to help your child learn

Listen with interest, encourage and ask questions, be generous with praise, enthusiasm and sympathy. You can bridge the gap between home and school and make learning fun for both you and your child.

Rainy day fun tips

It can be a parent's worst nightmare. A rainy day in the summer. Suddenly you're trapped with a house full of antsy kids. But if you plan ahead, you can keep your children entertained despite the weather, according to members of the Kansas National Education Association (KNEA).

Living history

Make history come alive with this interesting project.

Help your child learn social studies

Tips for parents

Tips on learning science

Children are normally curious and should be encouraged to find answers to questions by patient observation and through the use of references, either at home or in libraries and museums.

Tips to help your child learn math

Give your child practical experience using math at home.

Back to School

How to make back to school time go smoothly for the entire family.

Helping your child learn English

Helpful tips if your child studies English as a second language or if your child is learning a foreign language

Gift Suggestion: Books!

Gift-giving season is upon us and the members of the Kansas National Education Association have a recommendation: Give the gift of books. These books are recommended by 22 teachers from across the state who make up the Kansas Reading Circle and will be updated soon.

Tips for Reading to and with Children in Preschool

Tips for parents to help them help their preschoolers get ready to learn to read.

Tips for Reading to and with Children in Grades K-3

Tips and activities for parents to help them help their children learn to read.

Tips for Reading to and with Children in Grades 4-6

Tips and activities to help parents help their children learn to read.

Help for Parents - Parent Involvement in Education - Resources

Links to organizations, publications, and online resources to help parents get involved in their child's education.

Help for Parents - Parent Involvement in Education - NEA Resources

Links to NEA-produced resources and materials that help parents get involved in their child's education.

Help for Parents: Tools You Can Use

Suggestions for helping children be better prepared to excel in school.

How to talk to your child's teacher - Help for Parents

Tips for strengthening communication with your child's teacher.

Help for Parents: Talking With Your Child

Build better communication with your child.

Help for Parents - Tips for New School Year

Help your child get off on the right foot at the beginning of the school year.

NEA: Help for Parents - Parent Involvement in Education - What the Research Says

Links to current research on the link between parental involvement and student achievement.

Help for Parents: How to Help Your Child Learn to Read

Tips for parents to help them help their child become a successful reader.

Help for Parents: How To Make Parent-Teacher Conferences Work For Your Child

Tips on preparing for, participating in, and following up on parent-teacher conferences, including a list of questions to ask the teacher.

Help for Parents - Parent Power - Home Learning Activities

Home Learning Recipes for children at various grade levels.

Helping Your Student Get the Most Out of Homework

Learn about the role of homework in student learning and how you can help your child with assignments.